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Fluent Deutschland's technical support group, with a staff
of over 20 engineers, provides highquality support in the local language,
while drawing upon the expertise resident in the worldwide Fluent organization,
as needed. Three industry-focused teams address a spectrum of CFD applications
that range from hypersonic flows to non-Newtonian plastics. According
to Dr.-Ing. Henning Rexroth, Technical Services Manager at Fluent Deutschland,
"The support engineers are familiar with the problems and pitfalls of
the real engineering world and how CFD can be successfully applied to
solve flow problems. They are realistic in setting the expectations of
what CFD can and cannot do. We build longterm personal relationships with
our clients, partnering with them to make them successful with CFD. German
engineers and companies are demanding of their software products but are
very loyal once they are happy with a product's capability and a company's
services."
Many German companies have stayed with Fluent
Deutschland since the company was formed, and annual
user surveys have shown a consistently high level of
satisfaction. Clients know that they can call the office
during German working hours and get expert support
to guide them on their CFD use and its deployment within
their company. Fluent Deutschland is the only CFD
supplier in Germany to have an annual Users' Group
Meeting in the German language. At these well-attended
meetings, users meet with the Fluent Deutschland
staff directly and present their activities to peers in technical
sessions. A strong corporate university program ensures
unrivaled support for academic users at all levels.
In addition to the support services offered by Fluent Deutschland,
other departments offer specialized services as well. For example, a
local development
team works on key parts of the FLUENT code. A number of Fluent global
market managers are located in the Darmstadt office. A local consulting
services group offers timely solutions to clients' custom needs. Training
courses and seminars on industry-focused or product-specific topics
are
also made available to new and experienced users.
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Dipl.-Ing. Udo Weinmann, the
General Manager of Fluent Deutschland, has been with the company
since its formation in 1991, having worked at Fluent Europe prior
to starting the Darmstadt office.
"We are striving to provide better software and services tailored
to the particular needs of the German CFD community." |
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Dr.-Ing. Albrecht Gill joined Fluent
Deutschland in 1994. As Technical Services Manager for several years
he was responsible for support, consulting, training, and development.
Since October 2002, Dr. Gill has been leading the marketing & sales
activities at the company.
"We will continue to grow within existing CFD sectors and in
new application areas because of our reliable software products
with their ever-increasing functionality. Growth among design engineers
will result from our tailored, easyto- use software products and
solutions." |
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Dr.-Ing. Carl-Henning Rexroth is
the Technical Services Manager at Fluent Deutschland. He joined
the company in 1997, and previously worked as the Power, Environmental,
and HVAC team leader.
"We build long-term personal relationships with our clients,
partnering with them to make them successful with CFD." |
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Dr.-Ing. Markus Braun has
been with Fluent since 1995. He is the Manager of the Development
Group at Fluent Deutschland, part of Fluent's worldwide development
team located in 5 countries on 3 continents. His group specializes
in the discrete phase modeling tools in FLUENT in the presence of
moving and deforming walls. They also carry out projects in the
fields of plasma modeling, fuel cell simulation, and fiber modeling
(for the glass and textile industries). In addition, the team is
working on biomass reaction modeling and multiphase flows. |
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